Sugoi & Yokunai

Washington state bans assault weapons, so now they will only be in the hands of criminals.  The Second Amendment gets chipped away further.  Maybe places like fieldseats.com will the only place to go to get self-defense protection.  (You're not technically purchasing a gun.)  But AR-15 guns are surprisingly safe.  Americans are more likely to die from a lawnmower than an AR-15.

What is Long Covid?  At this time, there aren't a definitive set of diagnostic criteria for this.  But I've observed that in 2020, when this condition was discussed, the defining presentation was that of a chronic fatigue that lasted long after the acute phase of the condition.  There were some reports of myocarditis as well.  Sometime after the roll-out of the vaccine, people began to associated it with myalgic-encephalomyelitis, and designated this as ME/CFS, as if it were the same thing.  Surveys were designed to elucidate risk factors for this condition, but it is interesting that questions involving the vaccine were directed to whether the vaccine prevented LongCOVID or protected against it, not whether it might have triggered the condition or made it worse.  Although it was acknowledged that vaccines could cause injury, when it came to LongCOVID, the recommendation made was to get fully vaccinated, as though it were scientifically impossible for the vaccine itself to contribute to this condition.  Some researchers from China presented data that genomically distinguished chronic fatigue from LongCOVID, although they shared some genes, the significance of which was unclear.  By 2023, it began to emerge that just having severe fatigue was different from having myalgic encephalomyelitis.  Only recently (this month) has it been stated that the vaccine might be a risk factor for what it is still referred to as ME/CFS.  Multiple episodes of COVID-19 are also a risk factor, and it seems (empirically) that recurrent/multiple infections are primarily seen in the vaccinated.  Those with natural immunity and unvaccinated have not reported being infected again.  Different vaccines have different risk profiles.  Most AEs are reported with the Astra-Zeneca vax.